Or to give it’s full name,
Radio Heatherwood Automatic Patients
Selection Of Disc’s for You.
Initially started as part of the low power A.M. service
project five years ago, it’s Saturday 7th June 2003, 10.30 and the kettle
is boiling, biscuits on a plate and people start arriving. The years of
hard work are now about to come to fruition. The patients and staff are
about to receive their own personal radio service 24hrs a day,
Information, entertainment, and that personal touch that Radio Heatherwood
has always provided.
As representatives arrive from the Trusts that have
supported the project, including our own League Of Friends, it’s time to
thank everyone for their support, show the latest refinements, and reflect
how far we have travelled since It’s conception as being ideal for us.
Everyone at our radio station has worked very hard to
get to this point in our history, there is not one person who has in some
way not contributed to this project, when you stand back and look at what
has been involved in time, effort, and funding, the true scale of what has
been achieved can be seen.
The main driving force behind this project has been the
station Engineer, PJ, his has been the most intensive contribution, not
only from the technical side, but from the staff training side as well,
helping everyone to come to terms with the new technology involved.
So here we are, all gathered around the midday news is
coming to an end, the Radio Heatherwood jingle is about to be played, a
short introduction to launch the new service produced by PJ is ready, and
the first song to be played.
A round of applause fills the air as the opening
sequence completes and Rhapsody is on it’s way, Champagne is opened,
toasts are made, hands shaken, congratulations all round.
As the guests filter away, it’s time for us to tidy up
and reflect on the days proceedings, and to look forward to feedback from
patients and Staff when we do our ward rounds in the coming months.
So this is it, we have launched, all the major work to
get to this point is over, we can relax a bit, Hang on !! the hospital
fete’s in a month, we better get things started on recording the advert
for Rhapsody to Play!!!!!
David Smith Station Manager.
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